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Assignment Two-PBL 1: Cloud Business Logistics Workplace Learning Overview
Andrew Dunlop - 100599690
Anthony King - 100326626
Diane Gibson - 100604952
Kristina Nieminen - 100293928
Kristina Opashinov - 100259865
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
WPL Overview
Cloud Business Logistics (CBL) is a high-end technological company that focuses on
developing cloud-based solutions for companies to support their daily global business
operational needs. CBL is currently a small company that is quickly expanding in popularity with
International companies. With their success they will need to hire new employees to support
their growth; they currently have 25 employees and are looking to expand their company by
hiring up to 50 new hires.
Withorg.
WPL Approach
With hiring new employees comes an organization's responsibility to provide the proper
onboarding legislative and corporate productivity training. After many discussions, CBL has
decided to approach WPL with non-formal onboarding training as there is no formal curriculum
beyond what is specified in mandated legislation and corporate standard operational procedures
(S.O.P.s).
WPL Rationale
Non-formal workplace learning was chosen because the mandated new employee
training does not result in a credential, it is specific to the needs of the HR department. With that
in mind, CBL will focus their workplace learning plan to reflect learning objectives specific to
their organizational needs. When considering the development of the workplace learning plan
CBL realizes that all the legislative and corporate (which includes S.O.P) training are not
transferable to another organization.
The measurables for the WPL will vary depending on the learning objectives that are
created. Legislative versus corporate education will determine the impacts on the organizational
measurable outcomes. With the exception of S.O.P.s, the training will not have any direct
WPL Challenges
During the development of the workplace learning plan CBL identified the main
challenges with their approach for the onboarding training and determining measurable
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